Combined whip-socket and rein-holder



(No Model.)

y A. THOMPSON. COMBINED WHIP SOCKET AND NEIN HOLDER.

IME/V70@ WVESSES NITED STATES ADDISON THOMPSON, OF CLEAR LAKE, IOIVA.

COMBINED WHIP-SOCKET AND REIN-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Application iilell January 7, 188

To @ZZ whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, ADDISON THOMPSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Clear Lake, in the county of Cerro Gordo and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Whip-Socket and Rein-Holder, of which the following is a full and clear description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents a perspective View of a combined whip-socket and rein-holder embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line X X of Fig. 2.

My invention relates to a combined whipsooket and rein-holder of that class wherein a pivoted lever is secured to one sid'e of the whip-socket; and my invention consists in the peculiar construction and combination of devices, which I shall hereinafter fully describe and claim.

My invention has for its` object more particularly to simplify the general construction and arrangement of the device named.

To enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same,I will now describe its construction and indicate the manner in which the same is carried out.

The cylindrical case or socket A is formed with a plate a, provided with bolt-holes, and by means of which and suitable bolts said case is secured to the dash-board or other part of the vehicle. The lower portion of the case or socket A is provided with a slot b, through which a lug c, projecting inwardly from a lever B, passes, the said lever extending upwardly alongside of the case or socket, and being adapted to confine the reins between itself and the outer side or wall of the case or socket. The sides of the oase or socket and the lug c are perforated for the reception of a bolt C, which secures the lever to the case Patent No. 405,133, dated June 11, 1889.

9. Serial No. 295,652. (No model.)

or socket, and said lug may serve as a stop for the butt of the whip when inserted. Within the socket A and secured at one end by the bolt C, upon which the lever B is pivoted, is a spring D, the opposite end of which is free to provide for the movement ofmihe spring when the latter is depressed by inserting the whip. The securing-plate a extends below the bottom of the case or socket, as at c', and has secured to it by means of a bolt d asemicircular or curved spring E, the opposite unsecured end of which bears against a short arm or extension e of the lever B, or in its place a coiled-wire spring may be used. By thus arranging the spring between the extensions a and e, I am enabled to use a short stout spring, readily removable when damaged, and serving as an effective medium for securing the reins between the upper and long arm of the lever B and the wall of the case or socket.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let-- ters Patent, is-

An improved whip-socket and rein-holder, consisting of a case or socket having a slot in one side of its lower portion, and provided at the opposite side with a securing-plate having an extension a below the case or socket, a lever B at one side of the case or socket having a lug projecting through said slot and provided with a short arm or extension e, a spring within the socket, a bolt passing through said case o r socket, spring, and inwardly-projecting lug, whereby these parts are secured together, and a second spring between the extending portions of the securingplate and pivoted lever, substantially as herein described.

ADDISON THOMPSON.

IVitnesses D. W. I-IUNN, GEORGE A. WATTS. 

